Sprockets

What a busy day today! First, we met our friends at The House in DeKalb today for lunch and play--Logan is really taking a liking to Saige. They struck up a friendship last year, and though they didn't remember each other, I guess they still have some mojo workin' because both get along swimmingly. We had some great food and coffee (I didn't share mine this time), and Auden, angelic child or child undergoing another growth spurt, slept peacefully through the whole play date. We made it home just in time to nap; Auden woke up, so I enjoyed seeing his bright eyes, though crossed at times, and little smiles. Oh, and those little hiccuppy noises he makes--they totally melt my heart. How fast this time will go.

Logan slept a good 2 1/2 hours today--bedtime came too late last night, and he woke up too early, so he was making up for lost time, I suppose. Then, we went to tumbling class sans Daddy-O, who was getting a drink with his coworkers after school. The past two sessions, Eric has been there for backup because it would not be easy to carry Auden around, even if he is in a sling, and help Logan tumble (or, more accurately, keeping him from running like a maniac all over the gym). But Auden has slept soundly through the last two classes. Wouldn't you know it? Auden picks today to be bright-eyed for class. It was OK--I put him in a sling and Logan took off a few more times than he has before, but we had a blast nonetheless.

After that, we met our friends Josh and Leah for dinner at the local Mediterranean place. And here is the origin of the title for today's blog entry. Leah, sweetheart that she is, bought Logan a DVD and Auden a cute little monkey wubbie--a stuffed animal monkey on top, blanket beneath. Logan, of course, took a liking to the monkey wubbie, so we let him play with it. We sort of had to find every diversion possible, because our meal took two hours in total--crazily slow service tonight. Anyway, Logan was standing by our table the monkey in his hands, and he says, "I'm petting my monkey!" I nearly fell off my chair, I was laughing so hard. Surely you must remember the days when Mike Meyers was on SNL and he did this skit that was a mockery of a German talk show--the "show" was called Sprockets, and he had a pet monkey. On every episode of Sprockets, he would try to coax someone to pet his monkey, but most of the guests were weirded out by the innuendo of it all. Anyway, that was what Logan's phrase brought to mind.

Tomorrow we're off to a huge garage sale that's held in the local high school's gym--kids stuff only. I'm hoping I can find some stuff for Logan to wear this fall and winter, some stuff we can use for our Halloween costumes, and some fun stuff to play with. My fingers are crossed!